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  • Study suggests seated upper body physical activity can reduce risk of heart disease and type 2 diabetes made worse by sitting

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/august/study-suggests-seated-upper-body-physical-activity-can-reduce-risk-of-heart-disease-and-type-2-diabetes-made-worse-by-sitting

    A new study conducted at the NIHR Leicester Biomedical Research Centre (BRC), including researchers from our University, has found that breaking up prolonged bouts of restful sitting with short, frequent bouts of simple seated arm exercises can benefit obese patients at high...

  • Knowledge Transfer Partnerships

    https://le.ac.uk/enterprise/research/ktp

    With Knowledge Transfer Partnerships, you’ll discover that a little innovation can go a very long way. KTP comes in to provide the links to the expertise you need to grow your business and gain a competitive edge.

  • Intelligence and Security MA, by distance learning

    https://le.ac.uk/courses/intelligence-and-security-ma-dl/2026

    From battling international terrorism to solving local crime, using intelligence has become crucial to security. But using it means understanding it – the debates and ethical concerns, how it’s collected and analysed.

  • Leicester academic to lead UN session on transport of the future

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/may/sarah-jane-fox

    University of Leicester’s Dr Sarah Jane Fox will lead a session on sustainable transport at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland this month. The session is part of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) which is taking place from 27 May until 31 May.

  • Psychologists create first-ever body-maps of hallucinations

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/october/psychosis-hallucinations

    Psychosis is a term which describes experiences where an individual may have difficulties in determining what is real and what is not real.  Research indicates psychosis is associated with experiencing trauma, adverse life events, and stress.

  • Year in industry with Deutsche Bank sets student Cybill Smith up for a career at Barclays

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/july/year-in-industry-with-deutsche-bank-sets-student-cybill-smith-up-for-a-career-at-barclays

    One of this week’s graduating students has expressed how pausing academic study, to spend a year working for Deutsche Bank, was an invaluable experience in terms of developing her professional skills and preparing her for the next step in her career.

  • Lorna Unwin

    https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2024/lorna-unwin

    We have learned, with sadness, of the recent passing of Professor Lorna Unwin, who was Director of the Centre for Labour Market Studies in the 2000s.

  • New programme to open up opportunities for medical training

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/december/new-programme-to-open-up-opportunities-for-medical-training-1

    The University, in partnership with a local charitable trust, has launched a new Foundation Year course for its Medical degree programme aimed at increasing access to the medical professions from less-represented group.

  • Talking statues

    https://le.ac.uk/rcmg/research-archive/talking-statues

    Talking Statues was an innovative and novel project that used playwrights, actors and mobile technology to put words into the mouths of public statues.

  • Nixon Court building works

    https://le.ac.uk/study/accommodation/faqs/nixon-court-building-works

    Learn more about building works taking place throughout Nixon Court during the academic year to refresh the exterior of the buildings.

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